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January 23, 2019

2018 - A history of healthcare from a primary care perspective with Värmland as an example - Stig Andersson

The major epidemics and common diseases are described. For most of history, academic doctors served only the elite. When ordinary people...

January 23, 2019

2018 - Gesta Danorum with notes by Olaus and Johannes Magnus - Katinka Ahlbom - The Royal Library

The churchman Olaus Magnus' handwritten account of the Stockholm bloodbath has been found in a unique and previously unknown copy of the Danish...

January 23, 2019

2018 - The new EU consensus on development: sustainability and the role of tax law - Cristina Trenta - Örebro University

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This was a sign of change, made the maintenance...

January 23, 2019

2018 - The Swedish Regulation of Freedom of Press and Expression - a sustainability analysis - Mikael Ruotsi - Uppsala University, Sweden

There are two development patterns that have changed the conditions for the Swedish constitutional regulation of freedom of the press and freedom of expression in recent decades....

January 23, 2019

2018 - RWI library collections for improved human rights research environment - Radu Mares - Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights, Lund University

In today's climate of increasing questioning of human rights, solid, independent research on the subject is needed more than ever. Raoul...

January 23, 2019

2018 - Self-defense in relation to "unwilling or unable" states - Said Mahmoudi - Stockholm University

The prohibition of violence in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter is today considered a cornerstone of international law. The prohibition is universal and has only two...

January 23, 2019

2018 - Ranking of claims within the same preferential category - Sara Göthlin - Stockholm University

Swedish companies finance their operations with a mix of equity and debt. When several lenders have lent money...

January 23, 2019

2018 - Robustness in forensic evidence - Christian Dahlman - Lund University

The standard of proof in criminal cases states that the charge must be proven 'beyond reasonable doubt'. This standard of proof includes a requirement of 'robustness'. For example

January 23, 2019

2018 - Income taxes and social security contributions in cross-border situations - Katia Cejie - Uppsala University, Sweden

Economic growth benefits from high international labor mobility. To be able to make a decision to work abroad, you need...

January 23, 2019

2018 - Transformations in property protection: A study in legal history and theory - Leila Brännström - Lund University

The overall aim of the project is to take a holistic approach to how property rights and property protection have changed in Swedish law since the middle of...

January 23, 2019

2018 - Photoactivated antimicrobial nanocoatings on medical devices - Georgios Sotiriou - Karolinska Institutet

January 23, 2019

2018 - A new mechanism for body weight regulation - Claes Ohlsson - University of Gothenburg

Obesity is a growing public health problem worldwide with more than one billion overweight and 300 million obese people according to WHO....